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Intranasal infection of rats with active (infectious) Sendai virus enhances secretion of tryptase Clara, a Sendai virus-activating protease, into the bronchial lumen by Clara cells of the bronchial epitheliums, and inversely suppresses secretion of pulmonary surfactant, an inhibitor of the protease, into the lumen [Kido H et al. (1993) FEBS Lett 322: 115–119]. A trypsin-resistant mutant, TR-2, showed similar effects, although its replication was restricted to a single cycle in the lungs. In contrast, neither nonactive (noninfectious) wild-type virus possessing receptor-binding activity and lacking envelope fusion activity nor UV-inactivated virus retaining receptor binding and envelope fusion activities altered the mode of secretions. These results indicate that viral replication is required for producing a condition in the bronchial lumen for proteolytic activation of progeny virus, thereby infection is extended to a fatal pneumonia. On the other hand, intranasal administration of infected rats with pulmonary surfactant suppressed activation of progeny virus and pathological changes in the lungs, suggesting a therapeutic use of pulmonary surfactant for influenza pneumonia.
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Tashiro, M., Beppu, Y., Sakai, K. et al. Inhibitory effect of pulmonary surfactant on Sendai virus infection in rat lungs. Archives of Virology 141, 1571–1577 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718255
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